Qi Pao, also called "cheongsam", is a body-hugging and one-piece dress, it is one of the most typical, traditional costumes for Chinese women.The name "cheongsam," meaning simply "long dress," entered the English vocabulary from the dialect of China's Guangdong Province (Cantonese). In other parts of the country including Beijing, however, it is known as "Qi Pao", which has a history behind it.
Qi Pao appears in Qing Dynasty (1644). It’s the daily costumes of Manchu people (Manchu is one of Chinese nation). At that time Manchu people governed Qing Dynasty. On1645, the empror of Qing Dynasty required every person wears Qi Pao, and it becomes adopted by Chinese in the next 300 years.
But in 1949, Communist Revolution ended the Qi Pao, but the people in Shanghai, emigrant and refugee brought the fashion to Hongkong where is remained popular.
Nowadays, there are fewer and fewer Chinese wear Qi Pao in daily life. They prefer to get fashionable dress. But, in fashion show, people put more and more the element of Qi Pao to dress, like Louis Vuitton and Dior.
With the change of hundreds years, Qi Pao becomes shorter and the opening becomes higher. Its neck is high, collar closed, and its sleeves may be either short, medium or full length, depending on season and taste. The dress is buttoned on the right side, with a loose chest, a fitting waist, and slits up from the sides, all of which combine to set off the beauty of the female shape.And I think, to protect the traditional culture, we should wear more traditional costumes. It is also accumulation of hundreds years of cultures. The last picture is I and my Chinese friends wear Qi Pao.
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